Obituaries

Calvin Greer

Calvin Greer

Aug 9, 2012

Amory - Calvin Greer, 81, died on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at Care Center of Aberdeen. He was born on Febuary 9, 1931, to the late B.W. and Annie Sullivan Greer in Athens, TX. E.E. Pickle Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family ay eepicklefuneralhome.com.

Marie W. Randolph

Marie W. Randolph

Aug 9, 2012

Amory – Marie W. Randolph, 91, died on, August 9, 2012. Born on March 16, 1921, in Franklin County, AL, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Myrtle Willis Williams. She married Tracy Randolph on December 7, 1940. Ms. Randolph grew up in the Cason community and attended Pine Grove and Nettleton schools. She was a charter member...

C. W. Waddle

C. W. Waddle

Aug 2, 2012

Nettleton – Connie Wade (C.W.) Waddle ,64, died on Thursday, August 2, at the VA Hospital, in Memphis. Born on November 3, 1947, in Itawamba County, he was a son of the late William Jesse Waddle and Lela B. Gilliland Waddle. Mr. Waddle attended Fairview School. On May 23, 1980, he married Ann Ridings. For over 20 years, he owned...

Sandra Kay Spees Boozer

Sandra Kay Spees Boozer

Aug 1, 2012

Fulton – Sandra Kay Spees Boozer, 65, died on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at North MS Medical Center. Born on December 7, 1946, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Mae Eloise Hudson and Dewey Milton Spees, Sr. Kay was a graduate of Amory High School. On August 10, 1973, she married James Allen Boozer. Full-of-life and...

Paul H. Mcfarling

Paul H. Mcfarling

Aug 1, 2012

Amory – Paul H. McFarling, 57, died on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at Baptist East Memorial Hospital, Memphis. Born on October 21, 1954, in Mobile, AL, he was a son of Grace Hodges McFarling the late Mac McFarling. Paul was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1972. He was a graduate of ICC, of Metal Trade School, Hamilton,...

Ruth Thornton Hilliard

Ruth Thornton Hilliard

Jul 29, 2012

Amory – Ruth T. Hilliard, 90, died on Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on January 15, 1922, in Becker, she was a daughter of the late W. A. and Estelle Harmon Thornton. Mrs. Hilliard was a graduate of Becker High School, Class of 1940, and received her degree from MS State College for Women....

Bernice Nell Mccormick

Bernice Nell Mccormick

Jul 29, 2012

Amory - Bernice Nell McCormick, 88, died on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Amory. Born on September 5, 1923, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Coleman T. and Omie Nash Hathcock. She married Ernest Lecil McCormick; he died in 1994. She was a graduate of Smithville Schools and before her...

Paul David Stafford

Paul David Stafford

Jul 28, 2012

David Stafford Wren Paul David Stafford, 50, died on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at his home. Born March 6, 1962, he was a son of Lewis Paul and Helen Lucile Smith Stafford. A graduate of Zion Benton High School in Zion, Ill., he enjoyed working with computers. He also enjoyed vegetable gardening and he attended the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s...

Estelle W. Ray

Estelle W. Ray

Jul 25, 2012

Amory - Estelle W. Ray, 90, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Born on November 4, 1921, in Tennessee, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Nora Prestridge Worthy. Mrs. Ray attended Verona Schools. In October 1939, she married Leonard C. Ray. After several years of working as a seamstress at Amory Garment, she...

Mary Eleesia Hughes

Mary Eleesia Hughes

Jul 25, 2012

Amory – Mary Eleesia Hughes, 99, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Born on September 22, 1912, in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Ella Odom Hughes. She was a member of the Smithville Class of 1937. After graduation, she began to work for Amory Garment Company as a floor lady for...

Opal F. Moffett

Opal F. Moffett

Jul 23, 2012

Smithville - Opal Coker Frederick Moffett, 84, died on Monday, July 23, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. She was born May 22, 1928. She was a daughter of the late Howard C. and Irene Spann Coker. She was married to Coleman Frederick. Ms. Moffett grew up in the Bethlehem community, attending Smithville School. She was a member of...

Raymond Earl Tribble

Raymond Earl Tribble

Jul 23, 2012

Amory – Raymond Earl Tribble, 74, died on Monday, July 23, 2012, at North MS Medical Center. Born on February 12, 1938, in Greenwood Springs, he was a son of the late Harold and Velora Brown Tribble. Raymond was a graduate of Greenwood Springs High School, Class of 1957. He honorably served in the United States Air Force. After 33...

Greg Hall

Greg Hall

Jul 23, 2012

Gregory Hall Smithville Gregory Cooper Hall, 54, died on Monday, July 23, 2012 at his home in Smithville. Born July 6, 1958 in Columbia, MS, he was a son of Dawn Cooper Hall Morgan and the late James L. Hall. A graduate of the Mississippi University for Women, he also received his Master’s degree in Psychology from Mississippi State University....

Hal Young

Hal Young

Jul 22, 2012

Hal Young Amory Hal Gene Young, 82, died on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at the Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born July 18, 1930, he was a son of the late Gene Young and Maggie Carroll Young Vanoven. A graduate of Smithville High School, he was also a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked in the garment...

Floyd Powell

Floyd Powell

Jul 19, 2012

Amory – Floyd Powell, 86, died on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at Pioneer Community Hospital, in Aberdeen. Born on September 14, 1925, in Smithville, MS, he was a son of the late James Fletcher and Lessie Walker Powell. Mr. Powell attended Smithville School. He served in the United States Navy. He retired as a boiler mechanic at the Columbus Air...

Donny Lynn Bennett

Donny Lynn Bennett

Jul 17, 2012

Amory – Donny Lynn Bennett, 45, died on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks, Verona. Born on February 19, 1967, in Amory, he was a son of Dottie Sue Knight Bennett and the late James Calvin Bennett. Donny was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1985. Working in the furniture industry most of his...

Ethelene S. Carter

Ethelene S. Carter

Jul 15, 2012

Amory – Ethelene S. Carter, 92, died on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on March 9, 1920, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Clem Hathcock Sullivan. Mrs. Carter was a graduate of Hatley High School, Class of 1938. On November 23, 1940, she married O. Willard Carter. Before retiring,...

Ellie H. Mcmillan, Ii

Ellie H. Mcmillan, Ii

Jul 14, 2012

Smithville - Ellie Hubert McMillan, II, 59, died Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the UAB Hospital in Birmingham, AL. Born August 15, 1952, he was a son of the late Ellie Hubert, Sr. and Betty Derrick McMillan. He married Renetta Armstrong in 1974; she survives. A 1970 graduate of Hatley High School, he worked for True Temper Sports for 32...

Linda Beason

Linda Beason

Jul 12, 2012

Amory-Linda J. Beason, 63, died peacefully at her home on July 12, 2012. Born September 16, 1948 she was a daughter of James and Imogene Coleman Reese. She lived and worked in Aurora, IL in her younger years and was employed by Western Electric. She later moved back to Mississippi, received her nurse’s license, and worked for North Mississippi Medical...

Dorothy Puckett

Dorothy Puckett

Jul 12, 2012

Dorothy Nell Irvin Puckett, 82, died on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born May 17, 1930, she was a daughter of the late John Raymond and Birtha Turman Irvin. She married William Green Puckett in 1948; he survives. A devoted wife and mother, she enjoyed cooking, sewing, and quilting for her children...

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